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Clarkesville: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 56. The highest number of fire incidents - 151 took place in 2007, and the least - 2 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the Georgia median value.


The median response time in Clarkesville, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Clarkesville:	7 minutes
Toccoa:	9 minutes
Cleveland:	9 minutes
Lavonia:	8 minutes
Dahlonega:	9 minutes
Hiawassee:	8 minutes
Gainesville:	6 minutes
Commerce:	9 minutes
Blairsville:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 46 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Clarkesville, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Clarkesville:	7.8
Toccoa:	2.3
Cleveland:	5.5
Lavonia:	7.3
Dahlonega:	2.1
Hiawassee:	10.4
Gainesville:	16.3
Commerce:	3.9
Blairsville:	12.0

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Monday.
According to the 899 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.1%) in August.
Out of all 6,748 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.1%), Fire (13.3%), and Good Intent Call (10.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Clarkesville, GA
• 3,71755.1%Rescue & EMS
• 89913.3%Fire
• 71510.6%Good Intent Call
• 6609.8%Service Call
• 4777.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2413.6%False Alarm
• 240.4%Severe Weather
• 80.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 70.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (45.3%), and Outside Fires (41.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Clarkesville, GA
• 40745.3%Structure Fires
• 37541.7%Outside Fires
• 10111.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 161.8%Other